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Abstract: Science policy is the interdisciplinary field where science and policy intersect. Science policy includes a wide array of topics where science and policy rely on each other. In this talk, we will focus on the ways that policy impacts science and how you, as...

Abstract: The Sun is our paradigm for how stars evolve and behave. It is the only star whose surface is well-resolved in time and space. It is the only star which local helioseisomology can look into and through. It is also the only star with a well-resolved corona. One tool we use to study the Sun is the Solar Dynamics...

Abstract: In 1979 I was daydreaming out the window of the Kresge Library when I had a vision of stellar spectra as occupying points in an n-dimensional vector space, where n was the number of resolution...

Abstract: Early-type galaxies (elliptical and lenticular galaxies) are high-entropy stellar systems, all galaxies will eventually tend toward such states (perhaps sped up by interactions with other galaxies). Many early-type galaxies are also high-entropy gaseous systems, essentially...

The upcoming ISINGLASS sounding rocket mission (February 2017, Poker Flat Rocket Range, Alaska) will sample multiple locations simultaneously in the auroral ionosphere to take gradient measurements of plasma parameters. Two identical rockets will be flown into two separate events (ie, quiet early evening arc vs dynamic rayed arc); each rocket has a large subpayload, and four small deployable payloads...

Professor Marcelo Gleiser organized the “The Sciences, the Humanities, the Future,” conference that launched the College’s Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement (ICE). Among the 10 speakers were: Dartmouth’s Professor of Philosophy Adina Roskies, speaking on “Free Will in the Age of Neuroscience,” and writer and physicist Alan Lightman (Einstein’s Dreams; Good Benito), speaking on “The...

Jonathan Vandermause (’16), a dual major in Physics and Mathematics and winner of the Gazzaniga Family Science Award this year, is a finalist for the LeRoy Apker Award from the American Physical Society, recognizing outstanding achievements in physics by undergraduate students. Jon’s presentation at the finals was recently featured on the APS News website. Click here to read the article.

Diversity and inclusivity are necessary partners. Without inclusivity, the benefits of diversity— an increase in understanding, improvement in performance, enhanced innovation, and heightened levels of satisfaction—will not be realized. We commit to investments in both, to create a community in which difference is valued, where each individual’s identity and contributions are treated with respect, and where differences lead to a strengthened identity for all.